Episode 80: RPG Rookies: First Step (audio product)

RPG Rookies is a series for new GMs and players or for more experienced GMs and players who like to complain about “obvious advice”. In First Step, we discuss the questions GMs and players need to ask themselves before playing a game, including which games will help you pull. Kidding. None of them will. We also offer some advice for those intimidated by 400-page rulebooks.

If you want this product for 1st time DM advice, you've come to the right place: there is plenty of stuff relevant to a 1st time DM but it doesnt get 'round to it until 19 minutes 27 seconds, and prior to that it didn't make a lot of sense, so you might [...]

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